WHITE OUT - AFRICA DAILY

US ski season extended as record snowpack dents Western drought

Apr 12, 2023 (AFP)

Sitting more than 10,500 feet (3,200 meters) above sea level, Colorado's Arapahoe Basin has long been famous for its long seasons. The resort's frozen pistes we...

Colorado snow survey scoops up evidence for 'wet year' in US West

Apr 12, 2023 (AFP)

"Twenty-four inches, that's not so bad," says Brian Domonkos, before grabbing the metal cylinder -- now stuffed with snow -- and hitching it to a portable scale...

Nine injured in Swiss Alps avalanche

Apr 08, 2023 (AFP)

All nine were found by rescuers and helicoptered to hospital, police said. The avalanche was triggered near the summit of the Alphubel mountain in the Saas-Fee ...

Avalanche in Indian Himalayas kills seven

Apr 04, 2023 (AFP)

Cascading snow buried at least half a dozen vehicles on the route to Nathu La Pass, a scenic outpost and minor trade crossing between India's Sikkim state and T...

Skier killed, another missing in Italy avalanche: media

Mar 19, 2023 (AFP)

The pair were part of a group of four skiing off-piste in a deep gully in the Val Veny when the avalanche occurred around lunchtime. Two of them were found safe...

'Pineapple express' storm wallops California

Mar 11, 2023 (AFP)

Up to nine inches (23 centimeters) of rain were expected in some parts of the state, with several feet of heavy, wet snow falling over mountains where a huge sn...

Three dead, four injured in Canada avalanche

Mar 02, 2023 (AFP)

Four others, including a guide, were injured when their party of 10 was caught in the avalanche at around noon Wednesday in the area of the Panama Mountain Reso...

Rescuers free people stranded by snow on Spain's Mallorca

Mar 01, 2023 (AFP)

Mountainous areas, particularly in the north of the popular holiday destination, were particularly affected by the passage of Storm Juliette, with roads blocked...

Snow blankets Mallorca as cold grips Spain

Feb 28, 2023 (AFP)

The Mediterranean island, which normally experiences mild winters, bore the brunt of Storm Juliette, with mountainous areas especially affected. In parts of nor...

New York gets biggest snowfall of unusually mild winter

Feb 28, 2023 (AFP)

The National Weather Service (NWS) measured 1.8 inches (4.6 centimeters) of snowfall in Central Park, the first time more than an inch had been recorded there a...

Heavy snow hits parts of southern California

Feb 25, 2023 (AFP)

Breathless television weather presenters more used to delivering a same-every-day forecast of warm sunshine found themselves knee-deep in the white stuff as the...

Big freeze and a heat wave: Wild weather hits the US

Feb 23, 2023 (AFP)

Up to seven feet (2.1 meters) of snow were expected to hit hills around LA, the National Weather Service (NWS) said, as it warned of "extremely dangerous mounta...

Heavy snow snarls travel as winter storms hit US

Feb 23, 2023 (AFP)

Blizzards forecast to dump up to two feet (60 centimeters) of snow swept across a vast band of the country from the West Coast to the Great Lakes, grounding fli...

Toll from Tajikistan avalanches rises to 19

Feb 20, 2023 (AFP)

"From February 15 to February 19, 200 avalanches, seven landslides and six rockfalls were recorded," emergency services said in a statement. "19 of our citizens...

Winter snow no barrier for cyclists in Montreal

Feb 18, 2023 (AFP)

In the mostly French-speaking metropolis, more and more people, like her, are getting around by bike even in sometimes extreme weather conditions. "It would be ...

Storm brings snow, disruption to Greek capital

Feb 06, 2023 (AFP)

The government advised people to avoid non-essential travel and work from home if possible, in a bid to avoid the chaos caused by heavy snow last winter, for wh...

Eight dead in weekend avalanches in Austria

Feb 05, 2023 (AFP)

The eight deaths came as resorts are filled during the February school holidays in Vienna, with the avalanche alert level at four on a scale of five after sever...

Avalanches in Austria, Switzerland kill five

Feb 04, 2023 (AFP)

Three of those killed were visiting Austria's Alpine regions. "One winter sports enthusiast was killed in an avalanche in Kaltenbach on Saturday," a police spok...

Arctic blast breaks US wind-chill record

Feb 04, 2023 (AFP)

Atop Mount Washington in the northeastern state of New Hampshire, the wind-chill factor reached minus 78 degrees Celsius (minus 108 degrees Fahrenheit) overnigh...

Northeast US, Canada gird for 'epic' Arctic blast

Feb 03, 2023 (AFP)

America's National Weather Service (NWS) warned that parts of Maine might see wind chills of minus 60 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 51 degrees Celsius). "This is an...